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Cuprocopiapite Azurite & Gypsum

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Cuprocopiapite Azurite & Gypsum

ex coll. Klaus Arnold
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow-orange cuprocopiapite with dark blue azurite and colorless gypsum.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprocopiapite

Formula: 
CuFe4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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